Faculty
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UCSC film professor celebrates release of new book at Lincoln Center
Two decades ago, UCSC film professor B. Ruby Rich coined the term “New Queer Cinema” to describe a new type of film making its debut at film festivals featuring lesbian and gay protagonists. Her latest book offers new thoughts on the topic and also brings together the best of Rich’s writing on the genre.
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Puma capture demonstrates success of non-lethal intervention
The capture in downtown Santa Cruz and resettlement of a young male mountain lion is one of the first tests of a new state policy that calls for using non-lethal methods when mountain lions are discovered in populated areas.
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UCSC to host first annual Middle School Summit focusing on solving community challenges
UC Santa Cruz will pilot the first annual Middle School Summit on Tuesday, May 21, as part of the Santa Cruz County College Commitment–bringing up to 350 local students to the university campus.
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2013 Commencements and Graduation Celebrations
Commencements and other graduation celebrations for the Class of 2013 will begin on Thursday, June 13.
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Sharing a love of the outdoors
Staff member Kathy O’Hara Ferraro takes students on canoe and backpacking tours and also organizes an annual film festival that helps fund the Recreation Program and UCSC Wilderness Orientation scholarships.
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Information on Retiree Health Benefit Changes
July 1, 2013 ushers in several changes to retiree benefits.
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UCSC physicist Michael Nauenberg wins UC distinguished emeriti award
Michael Nauenberg, professor emeritus of physics at UC Santa Cruz, has been honored with the 2013 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
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Dietary flexibility may have helped large predators survive after last ice age
A study of mammoth steppe predators suggests dietary flexibility gave wolves and bears an edge over saber-toothed cats and cave lions.
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NASA scientist Chris McKay to discuss life on other planets in May 23 lecture
Annual Halliday Lecture addresses the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover and the prospects for finding life on other planets